| Dr | Gilson | Chagas Junior | Federal University of Pará | Brazil | Food Microbiology | Best Paper Award |
| Dr | Amritpreet | Minhas | The Energy and resources institute | India | Food nutrition | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | ARSHIED | MANZOOR | Integral University Lucknow | India | Food preservation | Best Scholar Award |
| Mr | Hewa | Mohammed | University of Suleiman I, college of agricultural engineering sciences, food science and quality control | Iraq | Food Preservation, post harvest technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Shrikant | Swami | Post Graduate Institute of Post Harvest Management, Killa-Roha 402116 Dist Raigad | India | Food Process Engineering | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Lee Hoon | Ho | Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin | Malaysia | Food Processing | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Stephano | Tambo Tene | University of Dschang | Cameroon | Food processing and Technology | Best Scholar Award |
| Dr | Akeem | Raji | Kwara State University, Nigeria | Nigeria | Food Processing Technology | Best Researcher Award |
| Mrs | Kumudhini | Akasapu | Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | India | Food Processing, Food Product Development, Food Sensory Analysis | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Khan | Chand | Department of Agricultural Engineering, SAS, Nagaland University, Medziphema campus, Dimapur | India | Food Processing, packaging, edible coating etc | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Anjan | Borah | Lovely Professional University | India | Food Product Development | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Amedeo | Palma | Consiglio Nazionale Ricerche Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari | Italy | Food quality | Excellence in Research |
| Assist Prof Dr | Gomaa | Abdel-Rahman | National Research Center | Egypt | Food safety | Excellence in Research |
| Prof | Nawal | Dubey | Banaras Hindu University | India | Food safety | Top Researcher Award |
| Dr | Li | MA | OKLAHOMA STATE UNIV | United States | Food safety and agricultural production practice | Best Researcher Award |
| Ms | Elsie | Salano | Egerton University, Kenya | Kenya | Food Safety and Mycotoxin Contamination | Best Researcher Award |
| Assist Prof Dr | Amr | Shendy | Agricultural Research Center | Egypt | Food Safety Testing | Best Researcher Award |
| Prof | Neelam | Yadav | Centre of Food Tech , University of Allahabad | India | Food Science , Chemistry and Nutrition | Excellence in Research |
| Dr | Francis | Ssennoga | Kyambogo University | Uganda | Food Security | Best Researcher Award |
| Dr | Archana | Singh | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute | India | Food Security & Nutrition | Best Researcher Award |